--- title: The Earth's magnetic field shields us from most of the solar wind, a… — The Sun, our star · tree and pragmatics description: The Earth's magnetic field shields us from most of the solar wind, and particles leaking in near the poles make the aurora, the northern and southern lights; near solar maximum, as in 2024, aurorae were seen much further from the poles than usual, even in England. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (magnetic field, particles), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:space:001-the-sun-our-star.lesson:15 # text = The Earth's magnetic field shields us from most of the solar wind, and particles leaking in near the poles make the aurora, the northern and southern lights; near solar maximum, as in 2024, aurorae were seen much further from the poles than usual, even in England. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = space # lesson = 001-the-sun-our-star.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×5, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:nmod:poss 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 magnetic magnetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:amod 5 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=6:compound 6 shields shield VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 particles particle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 17 leaking leak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 acl _ _ 18 in in ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 near near ADP IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:nsubj 22 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=17:advcl 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 aurora aurora NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 northern northern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 30 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 near near ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 maximum maximum NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=22:conj|HaikuPos=ADJ:JJ:Degree=Pos 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 2024 2024 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 34 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 aurorae aurorae X FW Foreign=Yes 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 43 much much ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 than than SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 advcl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 even even ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 England England PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shield** | present | the Earth's magnetic field | us | | most of the solar wind | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leak** | gerund | particles *not said here* | the poles | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | | 3 | **make** | present | the Earth's magnetic field *not said here* | the aurora and the northern lights | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset aurora=Product | | 4 | **see** | past · passive | | aurorae | | solar maximum | | in England; far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:space:001-the-sun-our-star.lesson:15`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×5, R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [The Sun, our star, 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/1-the-sun-our-star/14/) - next →: [The Sun, our star, 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/1-the-sun-our-star/17/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/1-the-sun-our-star/)